I will turn to you, make you fruitful, multiply you, and maintain my covenant with you.

“‘I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries; then I will bring you to your land.

I will make you pass under the shepherd’s staff, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.

I refused to respond to Balaam; he kept prophesying good things about you, and I rescued you from his power.

the Sidonians, Amalek, and Midian when they oppressed you? You cried out for help to me, and I delivered you from their power.

I will have compassion on you so that he in turn will have mercy on you and allow you to return to your land.’

‘But I will take you out of the city. And I will hand you over to foreigners. I will execute judgments on you.

I will bring you into the wilderness of the nations, and there I will enter into judgment with you face to face.

You will perish among the nations; the land of your enemies will consume you.

This is what will happen: Just as the Lord delighted to do good for you and make you numerous, he will take delight in destroying and decimating you. You will be uprooted from the land you are about to possess.

I will make myself available to you,’ says the Lord. ‘Then I will reverse your plight and will regather you from all the nations and all the places where I have exiled you,’ says the Lord. ‘I will bring you back to the place from which I exiled you.’

and with every living creature that is with you, including the birds, the domestic animals, and every living creature of the earth with you, all those that came out of the ark with you – every living creature of the earth.

I will take you to myself for a people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from your enslavement to the Egyptians.

‘You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt and how I lifted you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.

I am the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt, from being their slaves, and I broke the bars of your yoke and caused you to walk upright.

I will send the wild animals against you and they will bereave you of your children, annihilate your cattle, and diminish your population so that your roads will become deserted.

The Amorite inhabitants of that area confronted you and chased you like a swarm of bees, striking you down from Seir as far as Hormah.

Then the Lord will scatter you among the peoples and there will be very few of you among the nations where the Lord will drive you.

and told them: “You have carried out all the instructions of Moses the Lord’s servant, and you have obeyed all I have told you.

Then I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived east of the Jordan. They fought with you, but I handed them over to you; you conquered their land and I destroyed them from before you.